BIOSCI Newsgroups - Changes

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All BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web
at our URL
http://www.bio.net/
Please click on the "Access the BIOSCI/bionet Newsgroups" hyperlink.
One can both read and post to all full newsgroups in addition to doing
WAIS searches on each group and browsing the archives through our new
hypermail interface. This service alleviates the need to subscribe by
e-mail and also makes it possible to access the latest postings
quickly if you have problems with your local news USENET system or
have an unreliable newsfeed.
The following new newsgroups were created last month. Please check
the BIOSCI info sheet in a subsequent posting for details:
No new newsgroups last month.
The following newsgroups were converted from unmoderated to moderated
forums:
bionet.structural-nmr/STRUCTURAL-NMR was changed to moderated
The following new prototype newsgroups were created last month.
Please check the section on prototype newsgroups near the end of the
BIOSCI info sheet for details:
No new prototype newsgroups last month.
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IMPORTANT - What to do if new bionet USENET groups do not appear at
^^^^^^^^^ your site.
As of December 1995 you can stop worrying about this problem and use
the Web to access the newsgroups at URL http://www.bio.net/. However
users who want to use their local USENET newsreaders should read on.
As automatic creation of new USENET newsgroups becomes less common at
most sites, users may have to check with their local news
administrators periodically to ensure that they are receiving a
complete set of bionet USENET newsgroups. The "bionet Checkgroups
Message" is a BIOSCI WWW page option under the BIOSCI documentation
section mentioned above. News administrators should regularly use
this checkgroups script, e.g., once a month, to ensure that the latest
bionet USENET newsgroups are available on their news system. The
checkgroups message is automatically posted to the "control" newsgroup
on the first of each month, so your news administrator should be
alerted automatically by e-mail if bionet groups are missing at your
site. Nonetheless they will still have to read and take manual action
on the output of this e-mail if automatic newsgroup creation is
disabled locally.
In summary, if you can't find new bionet newsgroups in your
newsreader, please call this checkgroups feature to the attention of
your news administrator. Please also check the BIOSCI FAQ for
instructions on solving other common news propagation problems.
Sincerely,
Serge Taylor
BIOSCI/bionet Manager
biosci-help at net.bio.net